The Arsacid Dynasty ruled Parthia, which included the Iranian plateau and intermittently Mesopotamia, from 253 BC until their overthrow by the Sassanid Dynasty in AD 224. The members of this dynasty include:
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Giovanni da Verrazano, (died 1528), sea explorer
Amerigo Vespucci, (1454-1512), discovered other parts of America and gave his name to the new ...